2018-19 Quality Club Award Criteria and Reporting
#![]() | Submitted | User | IP Address | Club Name | Name | Email address | Club Participation Description (for item 5.) | Regional event attended (for item 6.) | Minyan of Comfort | Joint Program | Jewish Observance | Community Service | Synagogue Service | Men’s Club Shabbat | Keruv program | Shomrei Haaretz | Father- Child | Joint Men's Club Program | Purchasing FJMC Material | Next President | Communication method | Budget | Published Calendar | Officer Name | Name Commitee | Attend event | Masorti Activity Description | Document For Attaching to Application |
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54 | 2019-05-27 18:04 | BethAbrahamMC | 99.19.82.201 | Beth Abraham Men's Club - Dayton, OH (305) | Irwin Dumtschin | dumtid@msn.com | Oct. 21, 2018 Brunch Speaker Program: Dr. Jack Bernstein - "Adult Vaccinations: Vaccines for People of a Particular Age" | Irwin Dumtschin, club president: attended KIO Regional Retreat Oct. 26-28 2018, Oglebay, WV | Several of our club members (Irwin Dumtschin, Ted Cooper) have lead shiva services when Rabbi and/or Cantor unavailable. | Mar. 24, 2019 Joint Sisterhood/Men's Club Brunch Program: Law Attorney Speaker- "Immigration Law in the Trump Era" | Erecting of the synagogue's sukkah on the Sunday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | Several club members deliver unused food from Saturdays kiddush lunches each week to St. Vincent de Paul homeless shelters | Men's Club coordinates and provides ushering squad for the High Holiday services, as well as regular Shabbat services | Men's Club Shabbat Service: March 2, 2019 | Joint Sunday brunch speaker programs (4) with our Beth Abraham Men's Club and Temple Israel Brotherhood | group emails, the weekly Shabbat Shalom hand-outs at services, and in the monthly Bulletin publications | Yes | Yes | Will be attending KIO+ regional man-of-the-year luncheon on June 30, 2019: Irwin Dumtschin, David Rothschild, Allan Spetter, Ted | |||||||||
53 | 2019-05-27 12:49 | dmandeau | 107.77.224.202 | Temple Emanuel Brotherhood - Newton, MA (719) | Danny Mandeau | dmandeau@fjmc.org | Marty Paley led 2 on Family Issues | 3 members were board members and attended several events including meetings | Salsa Event on 5/4 | Active in executing Build a Pair under Rob Finkel | Project Manna: Mass Av Baptist Church Food Pantry. Raised over $6k with the Turkey Drive led by Dan Mandeau | Danny Mandeau and Rick Thau are Hwad Ushers HH and throughout the year | Brotherhood Shabbat featuring Irwin Harris was on 3/2 | David Mamon | Constant Contact | Yes | No | Danny Mandeau FJMC 2019 Convention Co-Chair | Danny Mandeau FJMC 2019 Convention Co- Chair | 30+ of our members attended the Keeper of the Flame event on 10/28/18 that we hosted | ||||||||
52 | 2019-05-26 22:10 | Cohenlaw | 75.188.212.46 | Tifereth Israel Men'S Club - Columbus, OH (303) | Lawrence Cohen | lawrencehcohen@yahoo.com | Mike Miller organizing summer bike rides. | Regional retreat attended by Doug Segerman, Karl Rubin, Mark Rosenson and Mike Miller. Karl and Doug attended LDI. | Friday night service monthly for families with special needs children | Support Women of the Wall with tifilin instruction. | Yad Shel Chai program. 4 Yads awarded this year. | Build synagogue's sukkah | Both Friday and Saturday | Monthly Friday service for children with special needs | Replacing lightbulbs with LED and composting programs | Father son Movie night | email list, synagogue newsletter (paper and electronic) | No | No | Karl Rubin, Regional VP | Doug Segerman International Convention and Foundation for Jewish Life | |||||||
49 (draft) | 2019-05-23 20:17 | adam.w.weissman | 108.24.132.112 | Beth El Men's Club - Voorhees, NJ (566) | Adam Weissman | adam.w.weissman@gmail.com | MAR LDI Participation April 14 2018 | World Wide Wrap 2019 held in conjunction with Sisterhood; Scholar in Residence Rabbi Daniel Greyber brunch | Torah on Tap, beer with Rabbi over Jewish topics of discussion (6 occurrences); Shalach Manot fundraiser | BookSmiles Free Little Library Construction | High Holiday Chair and Siddur setup | Saturday Morning Mens Club Shabbat 20 April 2019 | Adam Weissman | Facebook, regular advertising in synagogue newsletter, group emails | No | Yes | Bruce Tomar, International VP of Programming | MAR Man of Year event | ||||||||||
48 | 2019-05-23 19:38 | hondoman18 | 72.218.120.24 | Temple Israel Men'S Club - Norfolk, VA (1121) | Norman Soroko | nsoroko@cox.net | The Club provided a program on Health and Fitness and on the same day sponsored a Blood Drive with the American Red Cross | Sponsored the Blue yarmulke man of the Year breakfast and the Seaboard Region President and Executive Vp Attended | Provided handouts for performing a minyan at a home of a family for Shiva and conduct the services in their home | Sisterhood and men's Club assisted with the Congregational Fun raiser which had a Cruise Ship Theme. | Perfortmed the World Wide Wrap and built a Sukkah for the Synagogue & also helped families at their homes build one | Friday night service at the Beth Shalom Nursing Home in Virginia Beach, Virginia | High Holiday Ushering, weekly Shabbat Ushering, World Wide Wrap for our 7th Grade Students | Men's Club Shabbat was held on April 6th, 2019 and all members of the club participated | We do a brunch from time to time for couples where one is converting | ODU Basketball Game and dinner with Beth el men's Club In February 2019 | James Gordon | weekly emails, bulletin and Phone calls and facebook | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
47 | 2019-05-22 16:48 | dscherr | 96.246.166.131 | Temple Israel Men's Club - Great Neck, NY (841) | David Scherr | dsactuary@aol.com | At the start of each meeting we have a group calisthenics session. | Instead of a visitation, Regional leaders came to our synagogue for a Regional meeting. Our club had sizable representation. | Many Men's Club members serve on our Synagogue Pastoral committee. We often lead Shiva minyans at the mourners' homes. | Men's Club and Sisterhood held a Lag B'Omer party for our Hebrew school students | We had a Seder program with the Rabbi where we discussed how a Seder can be run, as well as history of the Haggadah. | Our members are active in the Hatzilu Rescue Organization and they deliver food for the needy. We also raise funds for Hatzilu. | Mens' Club member provide ushering at Shabbat services. | The Men's Club ran the Friday night service. After the service we had a dinner and a speaker. | Trip to Jet football game. Several attendees brought their children to the game. | We sponsored a Rabbinic dialogue with 3 other Men's Club - Great Neck Syn-Orthodox; Temple Beth El-Reform; Young Israel-Orthodox | Ezra Kassin | Email from club; Email from synagogue; Phone calls to those w/o email. | No | Yes | David Scherr - Regional Treasurer | Harold Citron honored at our annual Regional Man and Youth of the Year dinner held this past March 31. | ||||||
46 | 2019-05-21 06:18 | CAI Mens Club P... | 108.171.130.182 | Agudath Israel Men's Club - Caldwell, NJ (963) | Michael Chiaet | mchiaet@gmail.com | Men's Club Spring Tune-Up Health Talk | Regional Retreat, Marty Schenker Club Training by Harvy Hershkowitz | Purim Carnival w/ Sisterhood | Rabbi's Torah Study group | Anual Blood Drive | High Holiday Ushering | 2 Nasso 5779/ 15 June 2018 | Annual Cemetery clean up | Devils Hocky Game | Soft Ball and Basket Ball Leagues | Tefilm | Jonathan Mehl | Email, calls and announcements | Yes | Yes | Harvy Hershkowitz | Presidents Dinner | Annual Walk for Israel Marshals | ||||
45 | 2019-05-19 16:59 | dduchin | 97.99.98.39 | Beth Torah Men's Club - Richardson, TX (1713) | David Duchin | duchin@gmail.com | We held a Hearing Men's Voices program on April 16 and included free pizza at the event. We discussed Jewish Healing and Prayer | Anshei Darom regional retreat attended by Scott Checkoway | We held two joint programs with our Sisterhood group. One in the Fall and one in the Spring. | For Yom Hashoah, we Reading of the Names.Havdalah service, yellow candle lighting followed by 24 hrs reading names | We purchased and served holiday meal Friday after Thanksgiving at Women's Shelter. Held community wide blood drive/food drive | Our Men's Club provides High Holiday Ushering for all the services. | We held a Friday night and Saturday morning Men's Club Shabbat and prepared food for Oneg and Kiddush | We have been working with the shul's executive VP to improve our recycling program in the kitchen and learning center. | Two events. 1)attend Dallas Stars Hockey game on Kosher food night. 2)Minor league baseball game & tailgate | Alan Koenigsberg purchased FJMC books for Hearing Men's Voices | Stanton Zeff | Emails to members & prospects. Publish events in synagogue paper & email. Website too | Yes | Yes | Scott Checkoway attended the Anshei Darom regional retreat. | Funds donated to HaMinyan HaMishpachti HaMasorti in Kfar Vradim | ||||||
44 | 2019-05-17 18:16 | hosprx50 | 71.199.208.217 | Temple Torat Emet Men's Club - West Boynton Beach, FL (1344) | Gary Dalin | hosprx50@aol.com | Our club had a talk about Alzheimer's Disease which included how physical exercise and using your mental abilities help offset | Our Chapter participated and attended a Florida Regional Picnic held in August in Hollywood Florida | Our Men's Club President presented a shabbat morning service that had meditation as part of the service | Our Men's Club had a couple of joint programs with our sisterhood group- one on Women at the Wall and the other on Fraud | Our Men's Club builds our Sukkah and invites the religious school children to come decorate the Sukkah | Members of our Men's Club goes to a Jewish assisted living and help serve the food and feed some of the patients that need help | Our Men's Club coordinates the ushering for the High Holiday services, we also help put up the Hurricane shutters prior to storm | We held Men's Club Shababt both Friday night and Saturday morning with over 60 men participating | Our Men's Club recommended and takes care of the recycling containers for the plastic kiddish cups that are used during shabbat | Our Men's Club gives out scholarships to Jewish Summer Experiences that includes Camp Ramah | We coordinate a Regional Outing with the other South Florida FJMC Clubs to the Miami Marlins Jewish Heritage Game | We give the Art of Jewish Living - The Shabbat Seder Book and Benchers a project from FJMC to our Bar/Bat Mitzvah | Michael Rudinsky | Our president sends out monthly E Mail about upcoming programs with RSVP's | Yes | Yes | Charles Deutch, Vice President, Florida Region | South Florida FJMC Man of the Year Event held on February 17, 2019 | We have sent tefillin and prayer books to Jewish Congregation of Ol-Kalou, Nairobi Kenya | |||
43 | 2019-05-15 22:33 | bflenett | 35.137.202.78 | Beth Shalom Men'S Club - Clearwater, FL (1328) | Blake Lenett | blake.lenett@verizon.net | HMV event held on Jewish Men’s Perspective on the #Me Too Movement facilitated by Dr. Ben Cohen. Next HMV will be on Keruv. | Attended Leadership Training Institute Nov 8-11, 2018 at Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD. | NA | Chanukah event with Sisterhood (Dec 2018); Adult Education events (Feb 2019 and May 2019) with speakers. | Simchat Torah (Oct 2018) and Purim (March 2019) celebrations. | CBS Mitzvah Day (April 2019) - planted trees, cleaned facilities, and visited two assisted living homes with CBS youth. | Ushered for High Holidays (Sept 2018); put up Sukkah (Sept 2018); donated proceeds from Yellow Candles to youth education. | Brotherhood Shabbat (Feb 2019) - led services including Torah readings, and the Man of the Year was announced. | Suds in the Sukkah event (Sept 2018) and Shabbat Kiddush bar for welcoming interfaith families. | Biblical Garden Cleanup project (April 2019); purchased JNF Trees for members who have lost loved ones. | Spring Training Baseball Game (Aug 2018); Lightning Hockey Night (Dec 2018); Lag B'Omer Party & Bounce House Event (May 2019). | Txoko Cooking Club meetings with Temple Beth Am; Nefesh Mountain Concert with Congregation Kol Ami. | Youth Medallion purchased for Youth Scholarship Shabbat (June 2018). | Jeff Brown | Group E-mails, Robo-calls, Shabbat handouts, Event flyers, Constant Contact, Facebook, Synagogue Website | Yes | Yes | Blake Lenett - Vice President Florida Region | N/A | Blake Lenett - Phil Redisch Man of the Year event (April 2019) | NA | |
42 | 2019-05-15 14:58 | aren-h | 73.228.29.204 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Albuquerque, NM (1008) | Aren Horowitz | codewizard42@gmail.com | We had multiple hikes up the mountains that make the eastern edge of Albuquerque. | Western Region Retreat | We shared our Veteran's Day event with our Sisterhood | We provided food for the Purim Carnival and participated with the Megillah Reading. | We handled the Ushering for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | We held our Men's Club Shabbat on Saturday, May 4 | We planted trees for Tu-BShevat to add shade to our synagogue's parking lot | We held a Super Bowl Party with men and their sons. | We send out monthly group emails & also used synagogue newsletter | No | Yes | Aren Horowitz -- Western Region Administrative VP | We contributed funds to Masorti Synagogues | |||||||||
41 | 2019-05-14 23:41 | aromano | 12.5.59.10 | Temple Aliyah Men'S Club - Woodland Hills, CA (CLUB MERGED) | Alex Romano | aromano@mac.com | Men's Club team riding for LA Jewish Federation's Tour de Summers Camp Bike-a-thon | Western Region retreat (Mike Sholklapper, Ben Aminnia, Alex Romano), LDI (Alex Romano) | Scotch Tasting with Women of Aliyah (Sisterhood) | Build-A-Pair Program, Yad Shel Chai Program | High Holiday Ushering, Purim Carnival | Friday night, May 31st | youth scholarships for summer camp and programs to Israel, Father-child bowling. | Roy Chestnut | Email list through Mail Chimp | Yes | Yes | Mike Sholklapper, Ben Aminnia, Alex Romano - Regional Officers | Alex Romano - Int'l Nominating Comm. | Mike Sholklapper, Ben Aminnia, Alex Romano, Alan Jacobs - Man and Youth of the Year Luncheon, August 2018 | ||||||||
40 | 2019-05-14 16:28 | cbistpetemensclub | 72.186.125.23 | B'nai Israel Mitzvah Men's Club - St. Petersburg, FL (1305) | Eric Pastman | eric_pastman@yahoo.com | At our Men's Club paid up membership breakfast we had Dr. Gordon (Urologist) talk about prostrate cancer. | Blake Lenett, from the Florida Region, attended our Friday night service and dinner for our Man of the Year weekend. | This year our World Wide Wrap was a join program with the Sisterhood in our Synagogue. | Each year we build a replica of the Western Wall for Yom Ha'Atzmaut and have our children write notes to place in it. | The Men's Club sponsored two beach clean ups this year. One during Rosh Hashanah and one on Mitzvah Day. | The Men's Club took responsibility to recruit and manage the ushers for our High Holiday services. | Our Men's Club Shabbat took place on both days and included the honoring our Sam Janofsky, our man of the year. | Our Men's Club provides $1,000 to scholarships to support 4 children attending Camp Ramah this year. | The current officers will remain for another year. Eric Pastman will remain as President. We did recruit two new board members. | We use email distribution lists for both members and board members to send out notices, normally more than once a month. | No | Yes | Eric Pastman has joined a regional committee to host a Tampa Bay Man of the Year dinner next year. | Tampa Bay Regional Man of the Year Committee | ||||||||
39 | 2019-05-13 20:32 | jeffreyadelman | 24.191.39.167 | North Shore Jewish Center Men's Club - Port Jefferson Sta., NY (894) | Jeffrey Adelman | jadelman40@yahoo.com | Annual Soft ball league program | Dan Granek, Jerry Green | Joint breakfast programs , two of them with speakers | Distribute Chametz cleaning kits to religious school students | Collecting Items for the local Ronald Macdonald House to be given to families | Ushering at High Holidays | A Men's club shabbat Friday night program. | Bowling with children | Comedy Improvisation night with Temple Isaiah | Jerry Green | group email | No | No | Dan Granek, regional president | Jeffrey Adelman Man of the year event | Dan Granek NGO observer for the UN | ||||||
38 | 2019-05-13 00:19 | ahananel | 76.171.137.244 | Temple Ramat Zion Men's Club - Northridge, CA (1020) | Alberto Hananel | ahananel326@gmail.com | Hearing Men's Voices - May 6, 2019 - Teamwork - We explored what teamwork is, how it affects us daily and our club. | LDI in Baltimore, Maryland was attended by Mario Avendano, Executive VP | Help and assist Sisterhood with Sisterhood Shabbat Yearly. Dec 18, 2019 | Mincha service and Havdallah - Talk by An Evening with Itzhak Brook, M.D. The presentation includes a description of the | Vista del Mar (orphanage) Annual Toy Drive | High Holiday Ushering and take down of temple's Sukkah | Friday Night, March 29, 2019 and Saturday morning March 30 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Poker Tournament, October 2019 with Temple Ahavat Shalom (reformed synagogue) - Purim Carnival with Ahavat Shalom March 2019 | Yellow Candle purchase | Alberto Hananel | email, Temple Ramat Zion Facebook, Men's Club Facebook, creating a website, Temple's newsletter (Shofar) | Yes | Yes | Steve Berger | N/A | Man of Year Event May 19, 2019 @ TRZ | Participation in the World Wide Wrap | mens_club_calendar_2018-2019.pdf (744 KB) 2019_mc_host_dr._brook_presentation_final_revised.pdf (421 KB) 2019_trz_mc_moy_woy_yoy_brunch_flyer_final.pdf (317 KB) 2019_mc_world_wide_wrap_feb_3_flyer.pdf (578 KB) 2018_trz_hh_ushers_needed_flyer_july.docx (718 KB) 2019_yom_hashoah_yellow_candle_flyer_draft_revised_april_18.pdf (547 KB) 2019_mc_mens_club_shabbat_flyer_-_draft_feb_6.pdf (269 KB) 2019_mens_club_shabbat_run_sheet_friday_march_29_revised_326.pdf (91 KB) 2019_trz_mc_moy_woy_yoy_brunch_flyer_final_0.pdf (317 KB) 2019_mc_hmv_may_6.docx (14 KB) 2018_mc_trz_board_meeeting_report_dec_20.pdf (47 KB) 2018_sukkah_break_down.jpg (373 KB) 2018_martinis_and_menorahs_program_dec_10.jpg (152 KB) 2017_trz_mc_menorahs_and_martinis_flyer_draft.docx (79 KB) | |
37 | 2019-05-12 15:21 | lanath | 8.37.179.150 | Beth Hillel-Beth El Men'S Club - Wynnewood, PA (522) | Larry Nathanson | lawrence.nathanson@yahoo.com | Ski Trips in February and March 2019; biking and running programs | Lester Shapiro attended regional retreats | We had training in the fall from our Cantor on how to lead an evening minyan for shiva services. | We held a joint program with our sisterhood in March with a brunch and speaker about temples in Philadelphia | We have an annual dinner with our Rabbi to discuss torah and contemporary Jewish issues | Our Hava Nagrilla and Battle of the Bands programs raised money for the community | We put up and took down the Temple sukkah and bought a torah mantle with Sisterhood. | We had a Men's Club Sisterhood Shabbat in November. | None | None | We had a father child program to watch the Eagles and celebrate Channukah in September; we went to a Phillies game last summer | We co-sponsored a Battle of the Bands program with Adath Israel. | None | Lee Bender and Sam Brint | We regularly communicate with our members through the Temple's website | No | Yes | Lester Shapiro Regional Vice President | None | Stuart Gordon Man of the Year | None | |
36 | 2019-05-10 00:18 | Ron Freeman | 104.172.168.43 | Shomrei Torah Men'S Club - West Hills, CA (CLUB MERGED) | Ron Freeman | ronfreeman@socal.rr.com | For Wellness We have our STS Men's Club Softball team, only 1 loss so far. Also had discussions on Hearing Men's Voice, Kaddish! | Retreat and Man of the Year Event. | Our Men's Club as a comfort for member's who have suffered a loss we provide funding to our Temples Community of Caring | We recently had our Rabbi attend our Men's Club meeting and discuss Men's Issues in regards to the Torah | Our Men's Club provides ushering and Greeting for all the High Holy Days, every minute of the services are handled by 3-4 Guys | We have a very nice Men's Club shabbat service every year. | We provide Tefillin for the 7 grade JLC students and provide a 7 brunches per year. | Ken Storms | Email Newsletter and Temple Bulletin and sometimes direct mail. | Yes | No | Ron Freeman and Mitch Daks | Ron Freeman Trustee | Man of the Year program | ||||||||
35 | 2019-05-09 20:47 | cbernstein | 99.47.122.180 | Etz Chaim Men's Club - Marietta, GA (1711) | Charles Bernstein | csbwsm@aol.com | HMV program dealt with stress and older men sharing experiences to help younger men handle stress in their lives | Annual Anshei Darom retreat attended by about 40 of our members | Joint program trivia night with our Sisterhood at local restaurant | Men's Club is responsible for assuring a minyan at weekday morning service | Men's Club Shabbat 8th day of Pesach | Father-child program at local golf driving range | Several members participate with Congregation Beth Shalom's monthly fund raising event | We have purchased books from FJMC during the year | Alan Lightstone | Article in monthly synagogue bulletin, website, weekly synagogue E-blast | Yes | Yes | Steve Dix, FJMC Treasurer | webcam with South American Men's Club for World Wide Wrap | ||||||||
33 | 2019-05-09 18:40 | slvrstn1@gmail.com | 47.154.112.176 | Ner Tamid Men's Club - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (1050) | Steven Silverstone | slvrstn1@gmail.com | Men's Club members lead a walk around the area after Saturday Shabbat service for any one who wants to join in. | Craig Goldfarb - Regional Retreat, June 8 - 10 2018 | Minyan of Comfort program held in July 2018 and lead by the congregation Cantor | Have an active Yad Shel Chai Program | Purchased Tefillin from the FJMC store for the religious school | The last Men's Club Shabbat was held on July 28, 2018 | Steve Silverstone purchased Tefillin and books. | Group email, regular advertising in synagogue newsletter and weekly email | Yes | Yes | Warren Sterling - Regional Program VP | Steve Silverstone LDI 5778 Chair | Warren Sterling - "Man-of-Year" regional event August 5, 2018 | |||||||||
32 | 2019-05-07 22:54 | wayne4bnai | 73.133.50.50 | B'nai Israel Men's Club - Rockville, MD (1103) | Wayne Berman | wayneb4me@aol.com | PART a: 1. 25 member spring softball team, 2. Hearing Men's Voices on Father-Son Relationships, 3 Basketball w/ USY | Immediate Past President and one other club member attended the Regional Summer Meeting in Baltimore, July 2018 | We regularly have Men's Club Shabbat led by our members and we have a Tu b'shvat seder as part of the Kiddish experience. | We regularly do Sunday morning speaker-brunches with our Sisterhood as well as movie nights, Hanukah events and cooking. | Sell sukkahs annually. Teach the talmud torah classes about tefilin. Study torah w/clergy @ Jews & Brews events. | For 13 years, we have held an Health and Fitness Expo for the Rockville community and we cook and deliver food to shelters | We usher and do seat numbering for High Holiday services for our 1100 family congregation. We serve food at other hoildays. | We held Men's Club Shabbat on February 16, 2019 | Our Bisket and Beer event, held at a local Brewery is specifically intended to welcome ALL new members to our Men's Club | Have not done this | Our very successful "Afternoon with Abba" program brings Dads and kids together for a baseball games, bowling, & laser tag | Have not done this | Purchase "Build-a-Pair" kits for our Talmud Torah, Yom HaShoah Yellow Candles, and members have FJMC purchased books. | Wayne Berman and Richard Saltzman, co-Presidents | We have weekly e-mail blasts, monthly flyers, articles, and weekly listings in Shabbat program | Yes | Yes | Richard Saltzman, Regional Secretary | Jeff Moss | Jonathan Salant was BNAI Israel's Blue Yarmulke Man-of-the-Year for 2019 - honored at the Seaboard Region Brunch, April 7, 2019 | The Men's Club purchases prayer books to give to everyone who ihas a Bar / Bat Mitzvah |